Essential Motivation in the Classroom: Seven Keys for Unlocking Your Students' Learning

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Ian Gilbert (Educational innovator, Founder of Independent Thinking)

Essential Motivation in the Classroom

Seven Keys for Unlocking Your Students' Learning

Ian Gilbert (Educational innovator, Founder of Independent Thinking)

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Routledge
24 October 2025

Philosophy & theory of education; Educational strategies & policy; Primary & middle schools; Teacher training; Teaching skills & techniques

A great deal has changed in the word of education since Essential Motivation in the Classroom was first published in 2002.

Then again, nothing has really changed at all: schools are still under pressure to raise standards, government ministers come and go along with various educational fads, initiatives and silver bullets, young people are still young people, and teachers are still looking for ways to motivate their students to do their very best in the classroom and beyond. Which is why this new, updated third edition of Ian Gilbert’s bestselling and classic text is still very much needed.

Complete with a new preface and specially written ‘Notes from the future’ introducing each of the seven ‘keys to motivation,’ this book remains what it always was – an entertaining and inspiring read, full of useful, practical advice ranging from motivational research by leading theorists to philosophical gems from Homer Simpson.

For teachers in all phases and sectors of education around the world, this fascinating and highly engaging book takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of strategies, ideas and insights to help educators think again about classroom practice and school culture and to look with fresh eyes at motivation, relationships and achievement in their classrooms.

By: Ian Gilbert (Educational innovator Founder of Independent Thinking)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781041097525
ISBN 10: 1041097522
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 24 October 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ian Gilbert is a leading international educational innovator, speaker and writer with over 30 years’ experience working with schools and school leaders around the world. He is the founder of Independent Thinking, chief editor of the award-winning Independent Thinking Press and the author of several books, including Why Do I Need a Teacher When I've Got Google? (Routledge, 2014).

Reviews for Essential Motivation in the Classroom: Seven Keys for Unlocking Your Students' Learning

I loved ‘Essential Motivation in the Classroom’ when its first edition burst joyfully into the educational stratosphere in 2013. I admired its lightly-worn wisdom, its optimism, its sheer humanity. Much has changed in society in the intervening years, but this new edition of Ian Gilbert’s book seems to me more important and more relevant than ever. It serves as a rallying-cry for one of the most essential activities we adults can choose to do - developing in all our young people an essential love of learning that will set them up to take their place as our future citizens. - Geoff Barton, Former English teacher, headteacher, and General Secretary, the Association of School & College Leaders.